Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New York--Rondout Creek (Kingston) Light

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RONDOUT CREEK (KINGSTON) LIGHT

State: NEW YORK
Location: KINGSTON POINT / HUDSON RIVER
Nearest City: KINGSTON
County: ULSTER
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1838

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1997

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1915
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1954
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER W/WOOD PILES
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: YELLOW BRICK W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 48
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1915
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1837
Description: WOODEN STRUCTURE
Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED
2. Construction Date: 1867
Description: COMBINATION STONE TOWER & KEEPERS QUARTERS
Fate/Disposition: TORN DOWN

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN (REMOVED ) / ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1915
Number of Stories: 2.5
Architectural Style: EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: 2 CISTERNS IN BASEMENT

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: CITY OF KINGSTON / HUDSON RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM (http://www.ulster.net/%7Ehrmm)

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #79001640
Name of Listing: KINGSTON/RONDOUT 2 LIGHTHOUSE (HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSE TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
EARLIER TOWER TORN DOWN IN 1950S; TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF KINGSTON IN 2002 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Thu, Dec 22 2005 5:20:00 pm EDT
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